1. Someone else starts talking
2.change in time
3. small change in setting
4. mood change
The answer should be "slow" the first pairing both end in "-est" making them superlatives giving a parallel in the structure. Following the same structure, the words from the pairing after can be ignored, the word dim is an adjective, "light" bulb is a noun, therefore, it is not a parallel structure.
Answer:
I think it would be "Skunks’ spray is a powerful defense that is difficult to avoid, but skunks do warn before spraying."
Explanation:
Because the other sentences are either talking about the things that get mentioned in the paragraph or only a part of the paragraph. But, the "Skunks' spray is a powerful defense that is difficult to avoid, but skunks do warn before spraying", sums up the whole paragraph. :)
In the sentence "They say we will not be able to afford to own houses in a few years." there's a <u>pronoun reference</u> error. It is unclear who the pronouns<em> they </em>or <em>we </em>are referring to.
Pronouns are used to replace nouns, and it is considered to be a pronoun reference error when the reader is unable to deduce from the text the noun being replaced by the pronoun.
